HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is one of the world’s most serious public health challenges.
But there is a global commitment to stopping new HIV infections and ensuring that everyone with HIV has access to HIV treatment.
HIV Treatment Access — As of the end of 2020, 27.4 million people with HIV (73%) were accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) globally. That means 10.2 million people are still waiting. HIV treatment access is key to the global effort to end AIDS as a public health threat. People with HIV who are aware of their status, take ART daily as prescribed, and get and keep an undetectable viral load can live long, healthy lives and have effectively no risk of sexually transmitting HIV to their HIV-negative partners.